The White Whale

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This image and text were uploaded to Astrobin today. NGC 55 is a fun target! https://www.astrobin.com/dqk3ix/?nc=user

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NGC 55, the White Whale

This galaxy is almost perfectly edge-on, yet presents a myriad of internal details. It’s a member of our local group and may be gravitationally connected to NGC 300. NGC 55 has many pink star-forming regions and young blue-star clusters.

This is an RGB image, processed with a synthetic luminance.

Tech Notes for ASA 500/3.6:
ASA Newtonian, 500 mm aperture, 1900mm focal length, F3.6
FLI Proline 16803, 9 mm pixel, 4096 X 4096
ASA DDM85 equatorial mount
Processing with PixInsight, StarTools, and Affinity Photo

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